avian flu

On today’s program, environmental concerns over legislation to bring big data centers to Michigan. Then, a ballast water balancing act between U.S. and Canadian regulations for freighters on the Great Lakes. And, what you need to know about Bird Flu spreading to humans in our state.

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A Michigan farmworker has been diagnosed with bird flu in what is the second human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows.

On today's Stateside, what to know about avian flu, how Ann Arbor Public Schools administrators plan to handle the budget deficit, and a new Detroit art installation tackles environmental racism.

Michigan is ordering poultry and dairy cattle facilities to ramp up biosecurity due to a bird flu outbreak after the virus was detected in cattle in four counties last month.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is a contagious virus that can be spread in various ways — though health authorities say the risk to humans is low. Tens of thousands of domestic birds have been euthanized this year in Michigan.

Caspian terns are on Michigan's threatened species list. Avian influenza is killing hundreds and hundreds of them on Lake Michigan islands.

Avian influenza has spread from birds to wild foxes. Three red fox kits in three different locations have died.

A state Agriculture department spokeswoman says 35,000 birds were euthanized as part of the effort to prevent the virus from spreading to other flocks.

Officials say more than 10 times as many birds have died already this year in the U.S. and Canada compared to the last major outbreak.